Wayne Rainey
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ARCHIVE: 1991 was a good year for Yamaha
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LUCKY NUMBER SEVEN 1991 was a pretty good year for Yamaha. VJMC’s Steve Cooper remembers how it went down… As is so often the way in many motor sports, a capricious decision caused a lot of head scratching and work for the Yamaha team ahead of the 1991 season. Michelin’s bean counters decided the cons…
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ARCHIVE: Rainey Reigns
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VJMC’s Steve Cooper remembers… With the YZR finally in fine fettle, Yamaha looked to be in with a shot of reclaiming the title Rider coach, trackside fettler and GP guru Kel Carruthers had gone but Yamaha was still in dire need of reclaiming the prestigious Number One plate. As was always the case, ‘more power’…
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Iconic Metal: Screamer to Big Bang!
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Despite Honda’s move away from the famous Screamer motor to the more rider/tyre/frame friendly Big Bang engine, the 1993 500 MotoGP crown would elude The Big Aitch. Regardless of the investment, the R&D and much more besides, Honda spent most the season hanging on to the coattails of both Wayne Rainey on the polished Yamaha…
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Wayne Rainey to ride his YZR500 at the Festival of Speed
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Goodwood has announced that three-time 500cc World Motorcycle Champion Wayne Rainey will make his first appearance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard on 23-26 June 2022.
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MotoAmerica is bringing Bagger races to the Superbikes at Laguna Seca
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As implausible as it sounds, it’s happening. According to MotoAmerica itself, the Stateside race series is teaming up with Drag Specialties for a race of booming V-twins at the Laguna Seca track on July 11. That’s a Saturday during the USA Superbike championship run and it’s the first ever King of the Baggers event as…
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VIDEO: Wayne Rainey rides again. Three-time world champion out on a Yamaha R1 in the USA.
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It’s been 26 years since the accident that paralysed former three-time 500cc GP world champion Wayne Rainey – since the fateful fall the Californian hasn’t tried to ride a conventional motorcycle until now. An invite to ride in Japan at Suzuka on a Yamaha R1 led to Rainey and a bunch of friends at Yamaha…
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Wayne Rainey goes after Casey Stoner to race in the American Championship. Apparently.
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Three-times 500cc GP World Champion Wayne Rainey has a big plan to inject some life back into the Moto America race series – the icon of motorcycle racing in the 1980s and 1990s is reportedly making a play to land Casey Stoner (above) as a rider in the USA for 2019. Former MotoGP World Champion…
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OWN a piece of motorcycle racing HISTORY. Rainey, Lawson and Kocinski’s race suits are up for SALE.
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Fancy getting your hands on a rare piece of motorcycle racing history? Well now you can. Famous Venezuelan ex-racer, Carlos Lavado, is selling off the Marlboro Yamaha race suits of American racing legends Wayne Rainey, Eddie Lawson and John Kocinski. Rainey, Lawson, and Kocinski made history throughout the 80s and 90s, taking a total of…
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LIVESTREAM this weekend’s MotoAmerica Championship on Youtube.
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For the first time ever, all races from the MotoAmerica Championship of Alabama will be livestreamed on YouTube across 21-23 September. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5dXR9bHuKvm7fVwYWD-o2-dh1SvPH5XK MotoAmerica has announced that it will livestream the Liqui Moly Junior Cup, Supersport and Motul Superbike races from this weekend’s Championship of Alabama on beIN SPORTS USA’s YouTube channel. MotoAmerica President Wayne Rainey…
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MOTOGP: Crutchlow “My plan was always to race AMA Superbike – and it still is!”
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In an interview with Cycle World at the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas, Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) spoke about his desire to race in the MotoAmerica series, once his MotoGP career comes to an end. MotoAmerica is now the Superbike Championship that’s continuing to grow across America, and with Wayne Rainey leading the series, it…
